Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals

Long-term acute care hospitals are acute care hospitals that provide services and treatment for patients who are generally very sick and stay, on average, more than 25 days. There are five long-term acute care hospitals in Virginia.

Reporting Requirements

In February 2019, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Bill 2425, which amended the Code of Virginia (§32.1-35.1) to expand statewide surveillance for HAIs to additional healthcare settings. Under this bill, long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are required to share data with VDH as of July 1, 2019. Data required to be reported to NHSN to meet CMS requirements should be shared with VDH through the NHSN system. See Table 1 for measures that are part of the state reporting requirements for LTACHs. Note that the table lists the current reporting requirements. VDH reporting requirements will expand as CMS reporting requirements expand.

Table 1. HAI Reporting Requirements for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals in Virginia

CMS Reporting Program HAI Event Applicable Units Reporting Start Date
Long-Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting (LTCHQ) Program Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) Adult and pediatric long-term acute care intensive care units and wards October 2012
LTCHQ Program Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) Adult and pediatric long-term acute care intensive care units and wards October 2012
LTCHQ Program Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) laboratory-identified events Facility-wide inpatients (FacWideIN) January 2015
LTCHQ Program Healthcare personnel influenza vaccination All inpatient healthcare personnel October 2014

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